All Sides Are at Fault for Lack of Confirmations
The president and the White House, Senate leaders of both parties, the FBI and other agencies involved in the nomination and confirmation process need to get serious about changing its downward spiral.Blocking a highly qualified nominee to the Fed during a very difficult economic time is shameful.
Obama Tunes Out, and Business Goes on Hiring Strike
The economic policies of the Obama administration have not helped the economy rebound. His policies have instead hurt job creation and has led to a hiring freeze.
U.S. Institute of Peace Is Target in Spending War
USIP has been engaged in serious and risky work, hand in hand with our military, in Iraq, Afghanistan and other trouble spots. It is engaged in mediation, nation building and other efforts to reduce conflict and save lives.
Obama and the Shifting Ground of Race
Blacks are still largely lock-step Democratic voters and will probably remain so for a while. But when you listen to the likes of West and Clyburn, never mind silly white liberals like Garofalo, one cannot help but be reassured that the ground is shifting under their feet as inexorably as it shifted under the feet of racists more than a generation ago.
